Tue 2008/11/18 14:20
What Japan Thinks has a survey of Japanese smoking habits.Q1: Do you smoke? (Sample size=14,473) Currently smoke 23.6% Used to smoke (to end of survey) 23.2% Never smoked (to end of survey) 53.1% Q2: About how many cigarettes do you smoke per day? (Sample size=current smokers) One or less 2.3% Two to five 6.9% Six to ten 16.4% Eleven to fifteen 16.6% Sixteen to twenty 32.9% Twenty-one to thirty 16.6% Thirty-one or more 8.1% No answer 0.2%The 23.6% who said that they smoke seems very low though as I still get the impression that most of the population smokes. Had one single puff in my life during my teens to see what it was like. Personally find the smell and smoke unbearable (have asthma) but have a load of friends who smoke. Image from Gelbooru.
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Lurker, and part time super-villian.
Used to smoke, but it was a drain on me wallet and got in the way of my rugby games. Evil to quit, those things.
(ID #375045) Posted on 2008/11/18 00:27
I'm pre-mature (my mom smoked cigs and all that) so my lungs are kinda messed up. Besides, I wouldn't smoke anyways, and I can't stand it when my grandma smokes (she whines about my mom messing up her life, yet my grandma smokes, so she's doing the same thing.) and she won't open the door. I basically hate her for that very reason.
(ID #381075) Posted on 2008/11/22 04:39
23% it's too many smookers >.<
(ID #375047) Posted on 2008/11/18 00:32
I'm glad that I never started to smoke when I was younger. So figures are currently the only addiction eating away my money. ^^
(ID #375052) Posted on 2008/11/18 00:33
Student, collector, blogger XD
mine too XD
(ID #375053) Posted on 2008/11/18 00:35
When i was young, like 11 years old, i would see my dad smoking and decided to steal one of his cigs. Dad found out, and beat me like all asian parents lol. never touched one since, Thank God for that!
(ID #375912) Posted on 2008/11/18 14:49
Full time nerd
asian parents? not really. Something asian parents encourage smoking as it allows you to get along with your business smoking or some crap like that
(ID #375968) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:30
Student, Bioresearch Assistant, WAVE VP Communications
That's usually drinking. They tend to beat the crap out of you if you steal smokes but they encourage drinking.
(ID #377073) Posted on 2008/11/19 09:22
anime, programmer, gfx designer, illustrator ^^
me too ^^ i spent all my money on anime ^^ its worse than smoking in $$$ spent but way better worth it ^^ lol ^^ my mother smokes i hate that...cant stand them...
(ID #436910) Posted on 2009/01/06 06:29
maybe the samples were too lazy to participate in the survey and choose "used to smoke" and "no" to end it quickly..
(ID #375055) Posted on 2008/11/18 00:38
Not gonna smoke. Ever. No benefits from smoking + wasting of money. People think they look "cool" when they smoke, but I think otherwise.
(ID #375056) Posted on 2008/11/18 00:39
Otaku/Figure collector
I'm sorry but Sanji in "One piece" look definitely cool when he smoke. Idem for cobra (you know, the guy with the psychogun)
(ID #375900) Posted on 2008/11/18 14:35
Yeah that is part of the problem. IHMO, I think the worst is that (some) Manga/Anime promote smoking to young children by making cool characters smoking (like Sanji). Smoking in Japan has a good reputation event though it is unhealthy ! But you can be cool without a cigarette, and certainly not favorise the idea "you have to be kakoi like Sanji, hence you have to smoke". Lucky Luke, a belgium comic character, used to smoke (he is a cow boy). But several years ago, it creator switch the cigarette for a straw in his mouth, and I dont think it has changed his look at all. On the other hand, I advise the movie "Thank you for Smoking", very witty.
(ID #375966) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:30
Slacker =_=
But thats only if you can pull it off... Can't think of anyone that looks cool smoking >_>
(ID #375967) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:30
Please do not compare 2D to 3D... ^_^ It will end up quite badly like the '2D girl in real world' post.
(ID #376005) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:07
Otaku/Figure collector
Sorry ^^
(ID #376049) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:41
i dont think that he is comparing 2D to 3D it's more like he is talking about the importance of media in the childs and the pleople in general in this kind of things , like when you are a child and you saw a cool character who smoked and in your head you belived that smoking was cool like that character.
(ID #376055) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:43
Are you're referring to Dedale's post? Cuz I don't see Louki mentioning about power of media (maybe I don't see it in his comment) ^o^
(ID #376079) Posted on 2008/11/18 17:09
yeah i confused a little there, i was referring to dedale's post.
(ID #376089) Posted on 2008/11/18 17:28
Student, Bioresearch Assistant, WAVE VP Communications
I think that's why 4Kids changed that to a lolipop.
(ID #377075) Posted on 2008/11/19 09:23
Software Quality Engineer
You know-- in the U.S. version of One Piece they replaced Sanji's cigarette with a lollipop!? Weird.
(ID #377286) Posted on 2008/11/19 11:48
Freelance Motion Graphics Artist
I smoke, I don't intend to look cool, I smoke to relieve stress so please don't think other wise and be a bit more open minded to this matter of fact. :)
(ID #377472) Posted on 2008/11/19 14:21
Software Quality Engineer
Right on!! In fact-- I never cared about "looking cool" at all; I just enjoy smoking. I used to smoke pipes and cigars as well; recently just cigarettes.
(ID #378482) Posted on 2008/11/20 09:41
Unemployed Dollfie enthusiast
I have never smoked in my life and I would never start. It's a disgusting and money draining habit that I don't need. My bad habit is biting my nails, not good, but at least it won't give me cancer and it costs nothing!
(ID #375061) Posted on 2008/11/18 00:43
I smoke and it's very bad for buying more figure and collectible items i need to stop for start to emptied my wishlist ^ ^ '
(ID #375062) Posted on 2008/11/18 00:44
Currently Serving National Service
My interests are currently taking a large portion of my money. If I smoke I will go bankrupt.
(ID #375063) Posted on 2008/11/18 00:44
I will never smoke!!!! The reasons: 1. If I'm smoking, my lifespan will be shorten 2. waste of money
(ID #375066) Posted on 2008/11/18 00:52
Engineer by weekdays, Hikki by weekends
I lol'd at my friends who thinks smokes is macho back during school days. 'Enjoy your addiction, burnt monies and free cancer'.
(ID #375068) Posted on 2008/11/18 00:58
I smoked during a period of rebellion, but I've been smoke-free for years and will never go back. My dad died from lung cancer when I was a baby and my wife's mom passed away due to complications from smoking too. Smoking is stupid and a waste of money. BTW, can anyone tell me what's written on that picture? I can only read kana so far and not the best. Don't know if I like the picture or not..
(ID #375069) Posted on 2008/11/18 00:58
The large text on the left says Kuusou-chou...Kuusou is a noncom officer of the JSDF, and -chou is a suffix indicating "chief-". The text on the spine of the book is also Kuusou-chou. The text the girl is speaking says "Use polite language, polite language!" The cover of the book is chopped up, but he visible parts read: "...around the otaku" "amounted to influencing the..." "...excluded the otaku" "Let us...feeling..." Like the picture now? ^_^
(ID #375087) Posted on 2008/11/18 01:22
Thanks ^^ I think it's much better now that I know what it says :) Still feels weird with Rein holding a cigarette though XD
(ID #377398) Posted on 2008/11/19 13:02
I can never understand how people can put something that stinks so badly into their mouths =S
(ID #375073) Posted on 2008/11/18 01:05
... i see what you did there. hint: use soap.
(ID #376035) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:31
One thing I liked about Japan was the price of tobacco. IIRC it was about 230 yen for premium brands when I was last there. I miss those prices ;( Certainly see a ton more smokers in Japan than I have anywhere in the US or Spain.
(ID #375078) Posted on 2008/11/18 01:10
certainly the price of tobacco in Japan is 230 yen or so. but it might be increased by government to 1,000 yen someday.
(ID #376581) Posted on 2008/11/19 00:53
I did try a stick or 2 when i was in teens, but that was many moons ago.... Not hooked to it and would never will.
(ID #375079) Posted on 2008/11/18 01:10
Fresh Diploma Grad... enlistee.. soon
Never smoked... dislike smokers... and have no money nor live to smoke...
(ID #375083) Posted on 2008/11/18 01:17
Never smoked a cig in my life. And never plan to. I actually thought the 23.6% was really high. o_O I don't think that there are that many around here.
(ID #375086) Posted on 2008/11/18 01:21
Part-time Dreamer
Can't believe that there are people who smoke more than 30 sticks per day. @_@
(ID #375088) Posted on 2008/11/18 01:25
That's only 1.5 packs/day. Most of the people I associated myself with when I was a smoker had nearly twice that on average.
(ID #375320) Posted on 2008/11/18 05:37
Unemployed bummer
i, for the life of me cannot understand why people want to engage in such a harmful activity that burns away your $$$ AND your lungs. no offense but to me, smokers aren't very smart people.
(ID #375093) Posted on 2008/11/18 01:30
Unemployed Dollfie enthusiast
Well it depends who the smoker is. Modern smokers really should know better because today we are aware of the damage smoking can do to us and the serious consequences it can cause. The harm of smoking is known and discussed widely and you can't get away from the facts today. However my mum and many people her age and older began smoking a long long time ago. When they first began smoking the health effects weren't well known or discussed at all so people smoking really were none the wiser. Once you are addicted to nicotine, stopping smoking can be very hard because it is an aggressive addiction and takes a lot of willpower and determination to stop. It's just as bad as weaning a drug addict or an alcoholic off drugs and booze for a lot of people.
(ID #375128) Posted on 2008/11/18 02:04
It's an addiction, and for the most part a social activity and stress reliever. I've got friends and co-workers who smoke. They know it's bad, I've talked to them. I'm not one to lecture though because of all the information out there they know it's bad for the health. One of the reasons across the board that I've heard why they continue is that it relieves stress, and nicotine does in fact induce the release of "good-feeling" hormones into the body. When I'm majorly stressed out I get an urge, mostly out of curiosity, to ask for a cig, light up, and just mellow out. Though my conscious and highly responsible side kicks me in the asterisk screaming "Don't you even dare" and I just grab a bite to eat or fall asleep instead. I can barely stand the scent of smoke let alone inhale it so when they light up I usually have to stand at a distance or against the wind. As well, some individuals are also more prone to becoming addicted than others so it's easier for them to get hooked after one puff.
(ID #375902) Posted on 2008/11/18 14:38
Freelance Motion Graphics Artist
Thank you.
(ID #377474) Posted on 2008/11/19 14:24
i dont smoke. i tried to when i was young but just couldn't get to light the cig. so i threw it away in frustration thinking that i was better off without it.
(ID #375095) Posted on 2008/11/18 01:32
NEET (Desktop Support / Admin)
I don't smoke and never had. Plus smoking would damage your precious figures.
(ID #375101) Posted on 2008/11/18 01:38
Artist, Web Designer and Blogger
Oh I hate smoking, it smells so ugly! I would be happy if smoking were banned from the world.
(ID #375103) Posted on 2008/11/18 01:46
Otaku / Student in Computer Science
Nah...I have never touch this kind of thing. But my father does. I remember when i was a kid, I took one cigarette from my dad and I smell the white-part of the cigarette. And I realize it's smells bad
(ID #375115) Posted on 2008/11/18 01:55
don't smoke and i don't understand why people smoke? Always asked my friends who smoked.. why do you smoke, what do you feel when you smoke.. Ans: Don't feel anything =_=;
(ID #375126) Posted on 2008/11/18 02:03
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
maybe they think it's cool? some people like to go for smoking breaks with a bunch of friends and they do chit-chatting as well. great time to catch up on gossips i suppose.
(ID #375642) Posted on 2008/11/18 10:48
well when i smoke i feel relaxed, if you are worried it's like you are not worried anymore.
(ID #376197) Posted on 2008/11/18 19:53
Number Cruncher
I smoked, then stopped,then started again, then stopped again... the cycle repeats itself. currently I'm in the 'do not smoke' phase.
(ID #375144) Posted on 2008/11/18 02:16
soon-to-be 2nd year Civil Engineering student
Smoking serves no good purpose at all. Just don't understand why people can find bliss from smoking. And they smell like car fumes too.
(ID #375148) Posted on 2008/11/18 02:18
Tried once when I was 10 or so, didn't like it and have never taken up smoking.
(ID #375177) Posted on 2008/11/18 02:47
I really dislike smokers... smells bad and irritates me to no end. It gets especially bad when half the people on the streets in downtown are smoking. That might be an exaggeration... but I just can't stand it. There have been talks about banning smoking in Toronto though I haven't heard much about it.
(ID #375270) Posted on 2008/11/18 04:34
Unemployed Dollfie enthusiast
In England we have a smoking ban in most indoor public places, it's really helped and is great for the non smokers to go out now. Pubs, cafes, air planes, restaurants, arcades, hospitals offices and loads more building can not be smoked in. It's nice.
(ID #375408) Posted on 2008/11/18 07:25
I think smoking should eventually become illegal.
(ID #376012) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:13
that would really be worst than restrict it because more people would want to smoke because it is illegal so it would be cooler if you smoked and it would become a little like chicago and the prohibition of booze, you want an al capone of tobacco?
(ID #376042) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:36
Procrastinator Extraordinaire
lol, it would be like Prohibition all over again. Smokeasy's would sprout everywhere.
(ID #376050) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:42
Spent 12 of my 28 years smoking. I'll be 2 years quit in February. Still have nic-fits and can't consume alcohol without having a fit either (it's all mental now, the chemical addiction goes away within the first 3-4 days). Was up to 3.5 packs/day for awhile.
(ID #375318) Posted on 2008/11/18 05:36
Never have, never will. Hate the smell. Bad for your health and those around you. Waste of money. 'Nuff said.
(ID #375421) Posted on 2008/11/18 07:44
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Funny bit about otakus: Most of them don't smoke. It's a good side. Here in Brazil, I don't see many anime fans smoking too. Even though I'm currently living in the brazilian city with the highest percentage of smokers. But unfortunately, I can't say the same for myself. I do understand people who hate it, who can't understand why, who because they don't smoke, thinks people who smoke is stupid or something. But to put it bluntly, it's an addiction. It usually comes to you at a time in your life when you couldn't care less about it being unhealthy. I also have to say that, to most people, smoking few cigs won't make them addicted. It's similar to alcohol... you only start liking it after having some drinks. I also don't think it's cool smoking... I don't smoke too often. There are periods in a year I smoke more or less, it's usually related to stress, and the most I do is 1 cancer stick a day. I do it alone, at home, and in late hours. And I never told anyone to "try it" or anything like that. But I do smoke, and I can't give reasons. Just the same as I can't really explain why I spent so much money on otaku stuff today when I knew I shouldn't. :P
(ID #375561) Posted on 2008/11/18 10:02
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Oh, on the other side, I hate beer and wine. Which are also drugs. Legal yes, but still...
(ID #375564) Posted on 2008/11/18 10:03
Alcohol is not as addictive as smoking.
(ID #376016) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:14
not as addivtive but it is more dangerous if you think it, yeah if you smoke you will shorten your life but you can kill more and quicker if you are under influence of alcohol, so i think that like alcohol smoking should not be illigal, it is the election of every person, if you dont make harm to others ( like smoking in certain designated places ) it's ok if you want to.
(ID #376045) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:39
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
I agree...not as addictive, but I don't know about the "lethal" part. Also, I think it goes like this: Alcohol is not as addictive in the sense that many people drinks and don't get completely hooked by it. But for those who get addicted by alcohol, it can be far more destructive both for the addicted and for those around him/her. And I know... I have both cases of addiction in my family. Also had a friend who commited suicide because of his alcohol addiction... very sad case. It all goes down to culture and social acceptance. Because in the end, they are all drugs.
(ID #378212) Posted on 2008/11/20 02:44
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
smoke i do not. rather spend the money on more meaningful stuffs, like figures. ^^;
(ID #375637) Posted on 2008/11/18 10:46
Same here. Cigarettes are just not worth it.
(ID #375922) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:00
university film student
It's not the percentage that smoke, but how much they smoke that surprises me. : As for me, I'll never smoke. Besides the obvious (smell, unhealthy, costs) I simply can't do it. I have a very sensitive nose/respiratory system, and I start having trouble breathing just by standing close to someone smoking for a short period of time.
(ID #375903) Posted on 2008/11/18 14:39
yea~ my sinus acts up really bad. then i end up with a runny nose for days whats also really surprising is that they are allowed to smoke indoors! so if you are trying to enjoy like a gamecenter, you just have to take it, which i couldnt stand. but i think they are making laws that prohibit indoor smoking... at a very slow pace.
(ID #375910) Posted on 2008/11/18 14:49
Pseudo-Graphic Designer, 太もも Appreciator
I tried smoking when I was 7 or 8 years old, got really dizzy and was a bad feeling. Never want to smoke again after that. So good thing I started that early otherwise I might really be smoking these days...
(ID #375906) Posted on 2008/11/18 14:46
Procrastinator Extraordinaire
been on and off since i was 17 but has never progressed to the pack-a-day habit that most smokers have. most i could handle was up to 10 sticks a day. i also don't encourage anyone to start on it and have had a sit-down with my siblings about how bad it is. right now i am actually in the OFF phase (hopefully for good). Also i don't view it as cool, I view it as my own personal affliction and weakness. i think the only reason i ever go back to smoking is because I've had a lot of great memories and conversations while indulging in it.
(ID #375907) Posted on 2008/11/18 14:47
Tried it when I was in grade school lol! me bros stole one form my grandmother and smoked it, thought "it's cool because grandma does it" Inhaling it a second time was a bad idea though, choked to death. Never did it again ever since, wasnt the same with me bros though.
(ID #375909) Posted on 2008/11/18 14:49
Cigarettes are absolutely disgusting. I don't even have to try them to know--just walking by a smoker makes me queasy. Heh, looking at the stats here, looks like a lot of people agree with me.
(ID #375920) Posted on 2008/11/18 14:58
Prospective University of Waterloo student
I really dislike the smell of cigarettes. My English teacher, though an intelligent man, smokes. So...meh. But smoking is an instant turn-off if I'm looking for a gf.
(ID #375928) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:04
Was mainly a cigar smoker in the past. Quit for financial (I like good quality cigars) and health reasons.
(ID #375931) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:06
Procrastinator Extraordinaire
finally a cigar smoker, where are all the pipe smokers in DC (are there even any?)
(ID #375948) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:12
Lurker, and part time super-villian.
I was for about a month, but Vanilla pipe tobacco was expensive for me ;_;. Smoked cigars when me and a friend went to Amsterdam (allergic to the 'orrible green stuff), twas niiiice.
(ID #376131) Posted on 2008/11/18 18:45
dude i wonder what korea's smoker stats are i bet there like super high...
(ID #375932) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:06
Student
As for my comment, I do not smoke. I truly very agree with loli mania said, that it was waste of money and lifespan will be shorten. If lifespan is shortened, we will never get to see the good-looking future ahead of us. And also the community, like this, will be just a memory that has embedded early. It's nice to see what would this community be in the future.
(ID #375939) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:08
I do not smoke.
(ID #375941) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:10
Kawaii Pink Stuffs FanGirl, Cat Lover, Otaku, MP3 Hunter, Matcha & Afternoon Milk Tea Addict.
No way. I hate smokes the most. Any kind of smokes that unpleasant my nose :( smoking always been a dangerous thing.
(ID #375944) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:11
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:54)
I don't smoke. tried it once, but never liked it. I've got a lot of friends who do smoke though.
(ID #375947) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:12
I tried smoking a cuban cigar before knowing how to smoke. I never even touched a regular cigarette. So I tried it, didn't know how to inhale it, gave up after 2 puffs and there was a horrible after taste and i was spitting saliva for awhile.
(ID #375949) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:12
Graphic Designer, Arke Knight, Yoko's No.1 Fan
Tried once out of curiousity, but my body didn't like it. But many guys around me smoke.
(ID #375956) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:20
王オタク ｘ 天才様
Never tried a cig in my life and proud of it. I thought the figure for cigs per day would be lower but with more smokers. I know a LOT of people in Japan who only smoke 3-5 a day, including my uncle. Maybe people who only smoke a couple a day don't consider themselves to be "smokers"... "Social smoking" is also a big thing. Stateside, I know fewer people who smoke but those who do tend to smoke heavily...
(ID #375958) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:23
Student/Teacher
So here you can't smoke in the street but you can smoke in bars. Anyone care to explain that to me? 23% does seem very low, it seems to me that a lot of people in Japan smoke.
(ID #375960) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:24
System Design Engineering (UWaterloo)
Never smoked, but always had the idea of the events of smoking. Tried to drink, but that failed and I barfed after drinking like 10ml of red wine. I don`t dislike people who drink/smoke, but I keep my distance.
(ID #375970) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:31
I don't smoke, will never smoke. Well, I do smoke second hand smoke in public places -_- Seriously, the idea of inhaling smoke is stupid enough.
(ID #375977) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:34
So, did anyone quit smoking because of the image? :3 I mean, its Reinforce Zwei!
(ID #375986) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:40
I've never smoked before, and I probably never will. I don't really care much for cigarette smoke, it's also a turn off for me. Although I have a friend that smokes and I really don't have a problem with it. If a person want to smoke then that's their choice, it's not like we don't know the consequences for doing so anymore, they should so whatever makes them happy.
(ID #375979) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:35
amatuer bum
I used to smoke during those american teenage rebellion days. Then I would have an occasional smoke in my early 20's if I was super stressing out. But now it's all about trying to prolong my life, try to get back in shape, and stay in shape, while not being a health nut at the same time.
(ID #375991) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:44
Student artist
running or eating can relieve stress also waxing dolphin!
(ID #376006) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:08
Smoking is like burning money = figures away~ (^_^) Imagine how much you could save if you quit smoking...
(ID #375994) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:53
College Student
I can't stand the smell of cigarette, pipe, cigar or tobacco smoke of any kind. I have enough health problems as is lol.
(ID #375997) Posted on 2008/11/18 15:57
I smoke , when i was a child i tried it and it wasnt appealling to me so i didnt smoke until i was 15 years old and i was in troubles ( yeah that was stupid ) yes when you are very young you don't care about health or anything and you fall in this kind of things smoke, drink , etc at least here is not that expensive ( like 3 dollars every pack) i have tried to quit but is difficult why? head hurts, stomach hurts, you cant concentrate , and many other things so maybe im stupid but i smoke, at least 5 per day and not more than 10 per day. ( here it doesnt look cool to smoke, people here really hate smokers )
(ID #375999) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:01
never smoked in my life....but i'm one of the few that can stand the smell and hang out with my friends @ the smoke pit....
(ID #376001) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:01
My dad let me take a puff of a cigar he was smoking when I was a kid. That horrible taste is probably the best smoking deterrent there is.
(ID #376002) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:03
Student artist
If you went through a packet of smoke each day, after 10 days you should be able to buy a figure with the money you just used. I don't smoke cause I'm not in the cool group =)
(ID #376003) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:06
Number Cruncher
not in these part of the woods. RM9 x 10 = RM20 = 1/3 of a standard figurine... ciggies are dirt cheap here, that's curious
(ID #376014) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:14
Number Cruncher
omg my maths! MY MATHS!!! RM9 x 10 = RM90.
(ID #376100) Posted on 2008/11/18 17:54
Kagamin's Waifu
Although I'm not sure about Japan, I know in China a LOT of people smoke, adults and teens alike.
(ID #376004) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:07
Am planning to quit very soon, as it is just draining my wallet of $$ and making my lungs black and crispy.
(ID #376008) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:09
I don't smoke and I never intend to, though I have to admit I'm really somewhat curious about the experience. I can imagine it trying it out then ending the experience after one inhalation and a lot of coughing.
(ID #376009) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:10
That was one of the hard things to get used to when I was stationed in Japan. Ive always lived in California where it was, and is, getting closer and closer to being illegal all together. Hate the smell of smoke.
(ID #376013) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:13
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
don't smoke unless U count 2nd hand smoke lol my dad is a chain smoker ^^; I know my sis is trying to quit (hopefully she has already did) Smoking is bad, don't think I will even try ^^;
(ID #376015) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:14
Never did smoke. Came close, but no. Besides, I can't stand smokers and drinkers. Funny thing is that I did drink, but very little. I stopped while I was ahead. If I do drink now, it's so that my brothers stop complaining that I don't drink. My siblings are very stubborn when it comes to alcohol actually.
(ID #376043) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:37
Otaku-in-training
Thanks to my asthma, I'll never going to start smoking. Never plan to start at all.
(ID #376044) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:37
mmm, ive taken biology and know people who smoke. after learning more about the pathogens and the stuff not revealed in smoking, it discouraged me more... and plus yah, the smell is just horrible, it seeps into everything and lingers around.
(ID #376048) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:40
Student and Club Banchou
Good thing i stopped smoking. my money now goes all the way for figure, plamo and books. and yes it took a lot of money to keep up with an otaku's hobby. imagine if i were still smoking, i would go bankrupt and had lot of debt for sure.
(ID #376053) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:43
Internet Media
Thirty-one or more cigarettes a day - wow!
(ID #376062) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:48
never smoked and any ideas of that was killed in middle school when science teacher showed a real healthy lung and a black lung with a tumor on it caused by smoking to us...
(ID #376068) Posted on 2008/11/18 16:58
JR. College Student
I remember that! Man that thing was sooooo gross haha!
(ID #376076) Posted on 2008/11/18 17:06
JR. College Student
Smoking killed the majority of my family before I even met them.. soooo yea. No smoking for me. I have other things to spend money on and potentially kill myself with. lol
(ID #376075) Posted on 2008/11/18 17:05
Never smoked before. I hate it when you go to places where lots of people are smoking and the smell sticks to your clothes. I do notice that Asia has a lot of smokers. It's probably one of, if not the biggest market for tobacco companies.
(ID #376078) Posted on 2008/11/18 17:09
Student & Part time worker in a Day Care
I also have asthma so no smoking for me. Also it seems like I'm allergic to alcohol and starbucks coffee for some reason.
(ID #376080) Posted on 2008/11/18 17:10
This might be allergy to the conservatives in the bottles. Breweries tend to add preservatives to bottles to kill bacterias and fungus but since alcohol in itself is a preservative then it shouldn't be needed. They do it anyway because then they can save money on cleaning (gross but true). For all we know the same is the case for Starbucks. Germany banned preservatives in beer centuries ago since they banned everything that shouldn't be in beer since they had problems with watered down beer containing all sorts of weird stuff to hide that fact. The law was never removed and this means that people with allergies against beer can drink German beer only. If you really want to drink beer then you could look into this. However personally I think people would be better off not drinking. I have seen too many people ending up really bad due to alcohol because they thought they could control it but they couldn't. The worst part is that recent research tend to show that it's like the brain can deal with being drunk and getting sober only a limited amount of times and once it's used up it will become hyperactive and that's really bad.
(ID #376218) Posted on 2008/11/18 20:25
It never ceases to amaze me that a culture so advanced in every other respect is so entangled with such a debilitating habit.
(ID #376083) Posted on 2008/11/18 17:14
Student
I will never smoke, its slow suicide.
(ID #376092) Posted on 2008/11/18 17:41
I guess you see it in a lot of anime: the 'cool' or 'grown-up' people smoke. Leaves me to wonder when the idea of being a gentleman changed from pipes to a piece of paper stuck in your mouth. (not saying that pipes are okay to smoke) Too much peer pressure I guess?
(ID #376102) Posted on 2008/11/18 17:56
Graphic Design student | Receptionist | Otaku
Many people in my family smoke, though I'v avoided it >.< I won't lie about trying it ... it tasted horrible x_X
(ID #376128) Posted on 2008/11/18 18:35
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(ID #376163) Posted on 2008/11/18 19:14
Only know of a few people who smoke, but they do it recreationally anyway. Scare Smoke Campaigns in Australia keep us scared ^^!
(ID #376177) Posted on 2008/11/18 19:30
That means that the Australian campains actually works. The media here (controlled by smokers btw) stated that it isn't working because it appears to be based on fiction and that it's not likely that smoke causes cancer in the mouth and so on. They did it in a way so that they didn't give it as official facts though so they can't get problems for spreading false information. I'm sick of medias spreading their own message instead of doing what they are supposed to do: give us the news.
(ID #376210) Posted on 2008/11/18 20:10
I don't smoke, never did and will never do it. Whenever I end up being in a place where people smoke I get a headache and the following day I have infections in the air flow (I don't know the English word for the stuff the air passes though between the nose and the throat). I used to have quite a lot of sickdays before I realised this connection. A result of this is that I can't be anywhere where people smoke. This has resulted in loss of contact with people (smokers and friends of smokers tend to see smoking bans as a result of control freaks) and that I can't go to places like bars. Imagine that: going to a bar and get sick even without drinking. Luckily uni banned smoking everywhere in all buildings not long ago and all public transportation banned it like 5-10 years ago. I really wonder what's so special about tobacco smoke since I don't get infections of other kinds of smoke (gas/diesel exhaust/burning wood/coal/oil/whatever).
(ID #376178) Posted on 2008/11/18 19:30
No I never tried smoking. Growing up and watching my parents smoke I knew it was bad for your health. Unfortunately they didn't stop smoking until it was too late and my father died from lung cancer. They also put me off drinking too, now I just have water and fruit juice.
(ID #376196) Posted on 2008/11/18 19:52
Forgot to add, I don't have a problem with smoking in films and animes. I'm glad the UK has followed Singapore with having graphic images on cigarette packets. Hopefully it'll put young people off like it did me, as I almost merlion on the floor when I first saw them.
(ID #376203) Posted on 2008/11/18 19:59
It turned out that putting warning text on cigarettes resulted in more smokers. I don't think I heard an official reason why this happens but I personally think it's because smokers (at least in the west) are people who wants to behave incorrectly. I mean part of the reason why the railroads here banned smoking was because the smoking departments were more dirty than the non-smoking departments. I don't mean just by the smoke, but also shoes on the seats, newspapers lying everywhere and so on. I'm not sure if information and reasoning will work on smokers >.<
(ID #376207) Posted on 2008/11/18 20:06
More foolish generalization......when will the madness end. Do you really feel that way? I am trying to hold back and be civil here, but do you realize how incorrect such a statement is. Awwwwwww.. i am going to stop reading these comments now i think before idecide to not come back here anymore.
(ID #376263) Posted on 2008/11/18 21:07
Ok, I will change it to "a majority of smokers". I didn't really mean every single smoker even though it came out that way. You didn't say which one "such a statement" is so I will take a guess and explain it. I presume you mean "I'm not sure if information and reasoning will work on smokers" and what I meant by it is that we have for so long heard how dangerous it is to smoke and since a whole lot of people still smoke and some people still start smoking, then information and reasoning isn't working. Remember this is a reply to anti-smoking camplain. While you claim to be civil I say you started ranting. Sometimes you will see somebody posting something you disagree with. Instead of being really upset and trying to make people look stupid you should make a constructive reply with reasonable arguments.
(ID #376728) Posted on 2008/11/19 03:11
yep i smoke but not so much as i used to. i could smoke 2 packs a day but now i mostly stick to 1 pack a week or so. but thats just when i'm out for a drink at home i smoke the good stuff, like Turkish tobacco, or some Cubans. thats the what smoking is! so before you say "blah smoking" i would suggest trying some Turkish apple tobacco with honey. then talk about bad smells and stuff. what i wonder is are any pot-heads on DC? cuz i smoke a lot of green and just want to know if there are any out there ^^;
(ID #376208) Posted on 2008/11/18 20:07
So you are saying that nobody can comment on stuff unless they tried it themselves? If we take that theory to the extreme then it would be like saying that you aren't allowed to have an opinion about killers unless you tried killing somebody. This is just not how the world works and you should know that by now ;)
(ID #376215) Posted on 2008/11/18 20:15
yes like you said taking it to the EXTREME. first off i said about cigars and Turkish tobacco, that you do not inhale like cigarettes, you just keep it in your mouth for taste so most people general idea of tobacco is a cigarette that you inhale. what i tried to say is that some people put cigarettes, turkish tobacco and cigars in the same bag and say its the same the same with smokers. and yes there are somethings that you have to try before having a real opinion on the whole matter.
(ID #376562) Posted on 2008/11/19 00:40
"cuz i smoke a lot of green" Altair you are the man! I will admit i do as well, but i have never commented on such a thing around before and hesitate to based on the reactions to cigarettes. But yes i love the "green genie goldeenie" as a great man once said. Nothing like a ice cold bong and beer to accompany the latest episode of ChaosHead!! Release the Medicine!
(ID #376257) Posted on 2008/11/18 21:01
oh man yes there is nothing compared to that ^^; you really should go to Amsterdam dude. imagine a whoooole room with peeps drinking Heineken beer and smoking Dutch weed! my version of paradise!
(ID #376564) Posted on 2008/11/19 00:42
graduate studant (TV Broadcasting & Cinema )
i hate cigarets, cigars, pipes or anything as such!!! >_< personally, smokers pay for their own death!!! on top of that, they drag along those who doesn't smoke, because 2nd hand smokers (non-smokers that are close to smokers and inhale their smoke) can also be killed by their cigarets!!!
(ID #376217) Posted on 2008/11/18 20:19
so what your saying your gonna live forever if you don;t smoke? everybody is gonna die someday mate. it just depends on how and when on what i do agree, but if you take it in moderation you will be fine.
(ID #376565) Posted on 2008/11/19 00:43
Electrical Engineering Fresh Graduate
you'll live shorter if you smoke and you'll shorten the lives of all those people around you..
(ID #377916) Posted on 2008/11/19 21:55
I grew up with a phobia of cigarettes, I can't even bring myself to touch them, lol, and even handling packages of them makes my skin crawl. Not that I have anything against smokers, my parents even smoke, but even the thought of it just creeps me out.
(ID #376232) Posted on 2008/11/18 20:34
Hangmen13 in Sabah, Malaysia, but now studying in KL (still the same country) (Registered on 2007/04/21 22:31)
Aimless Traveler
I dislike cigarettes since childhood and I often had asthma, so I never picked up that habit. When I moved to Kuala Lumpur to pursue my studies this year, that sense of dislike turns into extreme hate, because everyone here seems to smoke more cigarettes than the number of candles on Tutankhamun's birthday cake. Once, I stayed in a rented house where 7 out of 10 of the occupants frickin' smoke. Worse, they'll turn anything they could find in the house (thrown baked bean cans, bowls, even my #$%@in' coffee mug!) into frickin' ashtrays! Glad I moved out on October and now renting out at a nicer place where none of the occupants smoke.
(ID #376237) Posted on 2008/11/18 20:43
I smoke. It's not something i'm proud of and i hardly think it makes me look cool. BUT!! I am a little shocked by some comments on here. For example: "Anyone who smokes is stupid" REALLY Because i think someone who is so narrow minded that they pass judgement on someones intellectual ability based on a habit they have developed to be pretty stupid myself. It is a choice one makes like snorting a line of cocaine, shooting up heroine, eating too much junk food, or spending 200$ a month on figures. Everyone is welcome to their own opinions, but i bet you if Danny said he smoked you wouldn't all lay on all these god awful comments. You think i enjoy the fact that i have a bad habit? Unless you have been addicted to something in your life, you really have no room to condone my actions and lifestlye. "i hate smokers" "smokers are disgusting" Do you folks believe your own lies? Lets agree on this: Smokers like normal people contain all ranges and facets of society. And don't give me that second hand smoke crap. We can't smoke in any public places in my state so unless you are coming over to my house stop your whining! It is only natural for someone to get defensive about something they do. What if the article was about addictions to buying figures or spending too much health care time with imaginary cartoon characters? Would you all be condoning the lifestyles of those folks. HMM based on some of the figure collections i've seen i'd say those could be called addictions as well.
(ID #376252) Posted on 2008/11/18 20:56
True, but, there was only really 2 comments that really attacked smokers from what I see so far...
(ID #376265) Posted on 2008/11/18 21:08
totally agree with you mate.
(ID #376711) Posted on 2008/11/19 02:54
I think at least most of those comments were aimed at smoking and not at smokers as whole people. Look at this example (which really happened). I met a girl/woman at a station and I haven't seen her since we went to school together so naturally we started talking. All of a sudden she started smoking so I had to leave her (my health really can't stand cigarette smoke). I hate the fact that she did that but I don't hate her as a person. I hope this makes it clear what I mean. I think you become very defensive and defend smokers who expose other people (non smokers) to 2nd hand smoking. If nobody were exposed to 2nd hand smoking then I would presume that non-smokers wouldn't be so upset with smokers.
(ID #376761) Posted on 2008/11/19 03:38
for situations like that it's always polite to ask the other persons who are with you if it's ok to smoke there, and never smoke in the house of a person who dont like or in your case is harmfull for your health.
(ID #376797) Posted on 2008/11/19 03:59
agreed it would be polite to ask. The fact remains that smokers tend to ignore asking specially if they are outdoors. While it's unknown how many of the smokers who acts like this, the fact remains that it's that group of smokers who the non-smokers will notice.
(ID #376900) Posted on 2008/11/19 06:04
Procrastinator Extraordinaire
hear, hear! Tell em Emprah!!! This subject is always as painful as politics, religion and the whole sub vs dub debate.
(ID #376868) Posted on 2008/11/19 05:22
Never liked the smell and it always made me cough. Someone once told me I'll just get used to it but seriously I never have and neither do I care to do get use to it.
(ID #376253) Posted on 2008/11/18 20:57
Extremely Poor College Student
from your past articles i thought that more people smoke than the data listed here
(ID #376261) Posted on 2008/11/18 21:06
Working in a supermarket T0T
Yeah, I actually smoke, but its not really worth it since every single person out here wants to tell you to either quit or get cancer quikly. To bad that only makes me more of a ''rebel'' tough :P.
(ID #376280) Posted on 2008/11/18 21:24
Working in a supermarket T0T
I mean here as in here in Holland by the way ^^;
(ID #376282) Posted on 2008/11/18 21:24
i hate the smell, it makes me want to vomit. here there is a new law that prohibits smoking in public places such as resturants and coffee shops, however it is not enforced...
(ID #376301) Posted on 2008/11/18 21:37
No and never will. Can't bear the smell. Plus, you will end up with all sorts of bad stuffs with your health. Not to mention, waste of money too.
(ID #376328) Posted on 2008/11/18 22:02
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
Same here, I never smoke but I have a bunch of friends who do...
(ID #376344) Posted on 2008/11/18 22:20
DCX001-Prototype
I still remember my very first smoke is a coffee-favor cigar when I was 14, then try on a vary range of brand then rested on Lucky Strike & B&H cigarette as an occasional smoker. When 18 I picked up minor smoking habit on mini cigar & big roll cigar only, mostly when I'm outdoor. Until a year down the road, I fallen sick & cough very badly for few weeks, so I went to a doctor & had an X-ray, it shown my lung had a zillion of tiny white spots all across my lung, it freaked me out as I thought it's cancer cells. So I told my doctor I'd only been smoking cigars all these while, why the damage is still so heavy? The doc said it's all the same, it's still nicotine regardlessly, then I shouted it's not fair, I'm paying 10X times more expensive for a cigar than cigarette! After I'd gotten better from that time, I never smoke any nicotine again........... Lesson learned.
(ID #376385) Posted on 2008/11/18 22:40
never smoked, never will. I prefer my lungs healthy :)
(ID #376397) Posted on 2008/11/18 22:50
I find no need for it...As health goes downhill if...anyone starts..
(ID #376464) Posted on 2008/11/18 23:34
Collects lighters and owns a few boxes of ciggies but never puffed one - hard to believe, eh?
(ID #376466) Posted on 2008/11/18 23:35
Student
i love how of the people that smoked 32% of em smokes 16-20 sticks a day.. thats insane... though i've seen people do it when they get seriously stressed...
(ID #376481) Posted on 2008/11/18 23:42
thats nothing! some peeps go trough 3 packs a day!
(ID #376715) Posted on 2008/11/19 02:56
16-20 it's only one pack it really is not that much.
(ID #376800) Posted on 2008/11/19 04:01
Grocery Store Clerk
I only smoke when I am at a bar or when i am super stressed.
(ID #376486) Posted on 2008/11/18 23:45
Navy Recruit
i would only smoke when I go out drinking with my friends to the bar, but now I cut out smoking in general and try to live a healthier like.
(ID #376494) Posted on 2008/11/18 23:52
smoked for ~7-8 years with sporadic breaks in between. currently i'm off for 6 weeks and giving my best to stay off ^^ although i'm aware of the consequences caused by smoking... sometimes i still get caught by a heavy demand for a cigarette ... damn mental addiction!
(ID #376527) Posted on 2008/11/19 00:15
The amount of smoking...especially in restaurants was the most dispieasing thing I found about being in Japan. I was shocked to see so many people smoking. There is no way that that 26% is correct.
(ID #376546) Posted on 2008/11/19 00:26
Smoke temporally paralyzes the tasting sense so being exposed to smoke while eating will make the food taste less powerful. Based on this resturants should have an interest in banning smoking if they serve good food. It could be used to hide bad food though. As for the 26%. Since most people smoke at resturants then maybe the other 74% stays away from those places. We can see that happening in Europe and see that more people show up in pubs after they were forced to ban smoking by law. They complained about how many customers they would lose if they banned smoking but it turned out that even more people stayed away because they stayed away from 2nd hand smoking.
(ID #376796) Posted on 2008/11/19 03:59
actually no. i live in a European country that just HAPPENS to have the no-smoking law. the only ones that survived are the ones who had the option and money to build a smoking room, or have the luxury to put in front of the bar some tables and ashtrays. and no they are not full not by the slightest! i'm at the pub everyday and i will tell you that the ones who don't have all the things i mentioned before are pretty much EMPTY! maybe a bit more full on the weekend but not as full as it was before the no-smoking law was placed. plus a lot of restaurants if not ALL have the non smoking part that is cut off from the smoker part.
(ID #377092) Posted on 2008/11/19 09:30
16 to 20 cigs a day?! That's a bit much
(ID #376563) Posted on 2008/11/19 00:41
I don't smoke, never will.
(ID #376590) Posted on 2008/11/19 00:59
Student and full-time otaku
Never smoked. Never will. I also immediately lose interest in a girl when I see her smoking, which is sometimes frustrating when they're really cute ^^;
(ID #376598) Posted on 2008/11/19 01:06
tried one cigarette but tasted bad and i think smokinging is a waste of money.
(ID #376677) Posted on 2008/11/19 02:16
Carer, jobbing tech geek
I've never smoked and (probably) never will. I used to begrudge people who did. I sincerely regret that now. I was on holiday last year when the ban on smoking in enclosed public places came into effect. A normally vibrant - if quiet - little place on the Lincolnshire coast literally died on July 1. Pubs and arcades deserted because people can't smoke in them, or have to smoke outside in the wettest summer in my memory, really does suck the joy out of proceedings. I hope the place has weathered the storm - I haven't been this year, and we were friends with a lot of the folks there.
(ID #376680) Posted on 2008/11/19 02:19
never quite get the thrill of breathing in burning air lol, maybe the nicotine and chemicals makes u "high" which really is actually intoxicating.
(ID #376708) Posted on 2008/11/19 02:53
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
Who the hell would willingly spend a fortune for cancer on a stick?! ... Wait, why do I even need to ask for a reason?! Frankly, it's a seroius drain on finances. The problem it that it makes you feel gooooodd......
(ID #376777) Posted on 2008/11/19 03:48
well the thing with the cancer sometimes it's a little exaggerated they tell everyone that if you smoke you will have lung cancer but there is plenty of people ( old people) who still smoke and they dont even have a lung desease,and here some people are saying things like " if you smoke you are making suicide " saying that only smoking will give you cancer is like saying that if you drink like every saturday you will have cirrhosis, or all the people in big cities like the capital of this country if it was so easy to have lung cancer like half the population of big cities would have it. im not saying that smoking is not harmful im only saying that it's not that harful like some people say.
(ID #376810) Posted on 2008/11/19 04:08
It is a bit blown out of proportions yet rightfully so. While there are exceptions to the case, majority of smokers who don't stop end up developing cancer or respiratory problems and dying. Some individuals have the genetics to withstand an unhealthy life style. There's a case study of this Australian whose in his late 60s I believe who chain smokes and drinks beer like water, yet his body keeps itself in fairly peak shape...too such a point where he competed and won several marathons. Researchers are marveled at his body's tolerance to such toxins. It's partly shock value to deter people from starting or continuing to smoke. Yet, the effects on the body is undeniable. A person who doesn't smoke shouldn't start because chances are that you will develop severe health complications in the future. The only 100% guarantee that comes with lighting up a cigarette is that your health insurance will shoot up like no other, if they find out.
(ID #377001) Posted on 2008/11/19 08:29
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
I can see your side of the argument; after all, my dad says the same thing to me. But what's the percentage of regular smokers NOT getting cancer? It might not be 0%, but... what I'm trying to say is, how can one know if they're "lucky" enough to be one of those smokers who puff and puff and just stay healthy all the way? Certainly a very small minority. Besides, you tend to worry when there're two cancer casualties in the family tree. I swear, cancer and the cockroach must have had some common ancestry link; they just keep coming and coming. It's not helping that the average Singaporean's mentality is "Never going to happen to me". The government goes as far as to hire actresses to act as convinvingly as possible in the role of a victim of smoking, they place pictures of diseases on the boxes along with warning notes, they try to make it look as disgusting as possible, and they go and place heavy taxes on the imported sticks, but at the end of the day, it's the same taxes they're feeding into the country fund, and deep down, they all know that it's a very easy way to get money. I don't really mind who smokes or not as long as they don't exhale into my face since the world is a place of free will, but it's the goverment's pansy approach to the entire thing that... befuddles me. :-?
(ID #378022) Posted on 2008/11/19 23:18
US Navy Sailor
Never smoked before and never will. Cancer has claimed pretty much all of my great grandparents (males at an earlier age) and is now after my grandparents. My grandma has smoked since 14. Shes in her 70s now with 1/3 a kidney left, lung cancer, and bone cancer. NOT worth it. I don't care if I don't get smoke breaks on the ship.
(ID #376877) Posted on 2008/11/19 05:38
You bring up another interesting issue. Smokers get more breaks. Not long ago all those breaks were paid but recently private companies started to have a clock where the smokers (and whoever else takes a break) needs to check out to take the break and check in again when they return.
(ID #376908) Posted on 2008/11/19 06:25
Student & Authorized Chicken Slapper
I've tried it once or twice but never saw whats so alluring about it and never did it again. Maybe its just me but That once or twice I tried cigarettes just disgusted me and I couldn't see why people like them, other than the fact that its probably peer pressure and since everyone else says its good you might convince yourself to think the same.
(ID #376881) Posted on 2008/11/19 05:40
I used to smoke once long times ago for one reason that's because it's look just cool. But I quit in the end 'cuz I can't stand with its smell.
(ID #376895) Posted on 2008/11/19 05:57
Student
I've never smoked. The smell is always so disgusting.
(ID #376917) Posted on 2008/11/19 06:37
I've never smoked in my life but the jobs I've had at processing plants I might as well have smoked 10 packages a day . Plus I'm allergic to cigarette smoke and had slight asthma for some years . I couldn't smoke even if i wanted to but i do have the desire to try it .
(ID #376920) Posted on 2008/11/19 06:39
Student, Gamer, Part-time EFSF Pilot
I downright HATE cigarrettes, they are disgusting, have absolutely no flavour and do no good for your body. Now, while some may not agree - i got no problem with rolling tobacco and have a few puffs from my friends freshly-rolled cigarrettes sometimes - completely different taste (especially if it's some of that scented or flavoured tobacco) and because the filters are almost 100% cotton or something the likes of cotton, it's not as harmful (no tar, which is what screws up your lungs). What do you guys say?
(ID #376975) Posted on 2008/11/19 07:49
Mahasiswa yang terdampar di Singapura.
I smoke, but ever since i moved to Singapore from Jakarta, the price for Cigarettes has been a bomb to my wallet.... Been cutting my nicotine intake ever since... I love to quit someday, and yeah, i know.. it's cliche. The picture is an awesomeness though... is there any link to a hi-res one?? It's been hard to find a picture of a moe 2-D girl with a ciggy at hand.
(ID #376993) Posted on 2008/11/19 08:05
You know quitting is just a matter of willpower. My grandfather smoked for years and then he realised that it's bad for the health so he decided to stop and he just stopped. Whenever he got the urge to smoke he took a coin or ring or something and started to turn it in his hand because that took away the attention for smoking. After a few days he stopped doing that and it was all over and he never felt like smoking again. So that's it. Set your mind to quitting and just do it. There is no trying because trying isn't the same as you have made up your mind.
(ID #377045) Posted on 2008/11/19 09:07
PLEASE stop generalizing! if it works for some it wont work for all! me, i tried to quit just for the joke of it and trust me its not that easy as you say it. it takes time lots of time! it just doesn't happen over night like you portray it! come to think of it all your comments are based on non experience. your grandfather smoked for years and just stopped like that? either he's got some crazy Jedi powers or your BS-ing. i'll go with the BS on this one....
(ID #377069) Posted on 2008/11/19 09:20
He most likely omitted actual time for the sake of getting the point across that his grandfather in fact stopped, and that you can hold an addiction if you have a strong authentic desire to do so and go out and actually do it. It won't be easy, true, yet that's where willpower counts for the most. My own grandfather who smoked for years ended up quitting several months after I was born. It took him several months in total to kick the habit, not an overnight quickie, but he did it. It was out of the pleas from my mom, her sisters, and his wife that he should quit since second-hand smoke is detrimental to an infant's health and that he himself would end up dying early. For the sake of your own first grandchild...that's a pretty strong motivator. He turned to chocolate as am acting "buffer" whenever he got the cravings. Never lit up since then. I never would have guessed he ever smoked but I did wonder why he loved eating chocolate so much. Basically, the "Almost never gets you anywhere". You do it or You don't. It sounds cookie cutter and ugly, but reality speaking...it's true.
(ID #377184) Posted on 2008/11/19 10:31
I should have proofread that post. My old high school English teacher would need to smoke a few to get through all the grammatical errors I made.
(ID #377208) Posted on 2008/11/19 10:39
As far as I know I didn't omit any time. However this happened before I was born so I don't know for sure if it was days or weeks afterwards. I do know that it started when the doctor told him about health issues regarding smoking and he stated at the doctor that he would stop right away and he did. He didn't spend any time preparing for it at all. I didn't say that his urges to smoke went away overnight. I said that his will to follow those urges went away overnight. There is a difference ;) It's funny that Jedi powers should be mentioned. I came to think of Master Yoda when I wrote the last line. He said (looked it up right now) "No. Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try". The last time I went though Star Wars I realised that there actually is quite a lot of sense in what Yoda says but that's another story.
(ID #377225) Posted on 2008/11/19 10:52
I have allergy to some cigarettes and alcohol, so I'm a pure blood with a pure mind, omg I can see butterflies too.
(ID #376994) Posted on 2008/11/19 08:08
security/3d graphic artist
dont smoke but my wife recently started... unfortunatly :( wish she'd quit
(ID #377026) Posted on 2008/11/19 08:49
me dun like smoking and drinking alcohol! > <
(ID #377043) Posted on 2008/11/19 09:06
Student, Bioresearch Assistant, WAVE VP Communications
I would rather spend my money on figures, that's all. Fumes from paint are probably just as bad as smoke so I don't really care about the health issue.
(ID #377079) Posted on 2008/11/19 09:25
Software Quality Engineer
Wow. Well it seems that most people {a} hate cigarettes, {b} hate smokers, {c} think smoking/smokers are stupid, {d} think smokers are ugly, etc. Hmmm. Well, I smoke. I especially like Mild Seven Lights-- the best cigarettes come from Japan. I think that as far as smoking habits go, Japan has some of the most considerate and conscientious smokers in the world-- there are even designated smoking areas all over the place-- even in Narita Airport; it's wonderful. Japan is also the only place I've seen where personal/portable ashtrays are widely available. I use one.
I smoke about 4 or 5 a day I guess, sometimes more on weekends/vacation. One of the reasons I love Japan is that smokers still have the option of enjoying a smoke after meals inside the restaurant. It's so nice and relaxing-- a great way to end a meal (for my wife and I, anyway).
In many areas of Tokyo, smoking while walking around on the street is now illegal; in Shinjuku there are anti-smoking police that will force you to put your cigarette out. That's fine-- there are plenty of designated smoking areas all over the place. Smoking has recently been banned on all Shinkansen trains, too, which kinda sucks.
I also drink alcohol from time to time and I think that cigarettes and alcohol go together very nicely. Not smoking in an Izakaya? That's silly to me. Non-smoking sections are a great idea for those that do not wish to smoke.
Well anyway-- It's my personal choice whether to do it, and I enjoy it. My wife and I will be quitting soon so that we can have healthy children, however, we like smoking. Most people seem to think I'm a pretty nice guy and consider me to be relatively smart (so they say anyway). I certainly do not think my wife is stupid or ugly (or smelly-- she brushes her teeth after almost every cigarette). It seems that smokers are *GREATLY* outnumbered in this discussion so I decided to present our side.
(ID #377315) Posted on 2008/11/19 12:08
Software Quality Engineer
Oh-- i forgot to add one thing. I have two friends who are bar-workers; one of them is a manager. The ban on smoking here in Chicago actually lowered bars' income! Customers usually like smoking so they are less likely to go into bars where they will have to go outside into the cold every time they want to smoke.
(ID #377322) Posted on 2008/11/19 12:11
Kendo Kid / 大学生
I know how you feel. Sometimes is feels like everyone and their mother smokes in Richmond.
(ID #377437) Posted on 2008/11/19 13:36
I never smoke, but I'm not bothered by cigarette smoke.
(ID #377543) Posted on 2008/11/19 15:25
yukito (Registered on 2008/04/07 19:23)
I never got hooked on cigarettes even though I used to smoke a lot when I was younger. Never really tried to stop either, I just sort of forgot about them. I still buy a pack of cigarettes on time to time though (once a year maybe) as I really like smoking and the smell of tobacco, but they are a bit expensive and I do like other unhealthy pleasures more (like chocolate).
(ID #377581) Posted on 2008/11/19 15:56
Wish I could make tobacco disappear.... oh well...
(ID #377586) Posted on 2008/11/19 16:01
Never smoked. Never even tried smoking. Am not going to try any time soon, either. Money is better invested in other stuffs. :3
(ID #377719) Posted on 2008/11/19 18:24
Musician, Sound Engineer, Student - Currently Military (2yrs)
I just noticed how "clean" the otaku community on dannychoo.com is! An astonishing 84% "No"! I'm guessing smoking is a very social habit, exclusive to the kind of "social group" one belongs to. I RARELY see a smoker at an anime convention or any otaku related social gathering for that matter.
(ID #377730) Posted on 2008/11/19 18:43
Electrical Engineering Fresh Graduate
used to but not for long, about a month or so, then I quit for good. I've been wondering about those smokers, defending, claiming their rights or stuff. Okay, it's their rights I admit but don't they care about those poeple around them which they care so much? Their wife, husband, kids, daughters, friends, father, mother? My friend got her lung cancer because of her father, she died recently, her father then quit for good. May her rest in peace.
(ID #377937) Posted on 2008/11/19 22:03
Sales + Technician + Trainer = 何でも屋
I dislike cigarettes to the point that, when the day comes where I earn shitloads of money, I'll buy over every single cigarette company and factory, and then disband them all at once while sending all the tobacco (maybe drugs can join in if there's space) in the world on a rocket into the sun. Good riddance. I want my clean air back. =)
(ID #378135) Posted on 2008/11/20 00:46
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Unfortunately, you'll have a lot more to do if you really want clean air... XD And I'm not shure if you'll make enough money to buy all factories, all fuel based vehicles and machines, stop all fires and other stuff...
(ID #378218) Posted on 2008/11/20 03:00
I don't think the problem is getting the money. Even if we managed to get the money then another problem would appear: what would stop some greedy person from starting a new factory? The solution is to go into politics and make a ban on all tobacco. This solution will also use less money. While we are at it, shouldn't we also ban smelly farts, bad breath, public transportation with no free seats, queues in shops and exhaust fumes?
(ID #378228) Posted on 2008/11/20 03:20
why not ban every hentai that is not normal? or figures that make a bad image of a woman? or ban every kind of movie that has a character who kills other? The key here is liberty,what you are saying is something that the nazi regime intented to do ( yeah they wanted to ban smoking all over germany ). apart ban tobacco do you know the consequenses? imagine that a family lives because the father works at the factory, imagine that the factory closes because the ban what will happend to the family? every action have consequenses and sometimes what you think that will make a better world only makes it worse.
(ID #378272) Posted on 2008/11/20 04:47
Somehow I think you missed that I was being sarcastic. However now that you mention the consequenses I guess they look better than the consequenses for not banning smoking. I mean look at how many people who suffers from smoke. Shouldn't you (as a future doctor) work for trying to stop causes of people dying from cancer? This brings up an interesting question. Shouldn't you (still as a future doctor) fight for banning smoking instead of attacking every single statement that makes smoking look bad? I don't think you have to worry about lack of patients. There will always be dying people who will pay a fortune for being saved.
(ID #378401) Posted on 2008/11/20 08:21
if what you say was totally right then i should be trying to ban tv's and computers because the screen makes your sight worse or soda because the kidney rocks or even candy because it makes people fat, i know that it's a touchy subject and that i will sound like every smoker but, freedom is freedom i have the right to smoke and you to not smoke and that has to be respected.
(ID #378723) Posted on 2008/11/20 13:14
The difference between smoking and those things you mention is that the things you mention can do stuff to the "user" only while smoking will affect other people as well. I have yet to encounter candy that can make people fat by looking at other people eating it.
(ID #379620) Posted on 2008/11/21 03:56
Mmm. Touchy subject -_-
(ID #378264) Posted on 2008/11/20 04:35
It would appear so. As long as some people claims their liberal rights to smoke and expose other people to 2nd hand smoking then it will continue to be a touchy subject.
(ID #378405) Posted on 2008/11/20 08:27
I just thought of two scenarios regarding this topic. Scenario 1: Person A assaults person B, strips him naked and throws him into a pile of snow. B ends up getting ill and have to stay at home for a week recovering. Scenario 2: Person A smokes heavily and B can't avoid being exposed to 2nd hand smoking. B's health can't stand smoke and he ends up getting ill and have to stay at home for a week to recover. (I personally tried this one several times with me playing the role of B >.<) Conclusion: In the first scenario A could be charged for assault and sued for lost payment for a week. In the other scenario then B has to deal with the financial loss himself because A was only using his liberal rights to smoke. We can't agree on anything here because the smokers yell liberty and non-smokers takes the viewpoint of B. Surely there is strong viewpoints and not so strong ones, but it's more or less how it is. I don't think scenario 1 would be a touchy subject as I presume most if not all would claim A to be a bad guy who shouldn't be allowed to act like that.
(ID #378412) Posted on 2008/11/20 08:36
if you dont want to be the person b in the scenario 2 you just need to move from that place or go to a place where nobody is smoking , you cant compare assaulting someone strip him naked and throw him to a pile of snow with smoking and that the person b gets sick because hi didnt move or even asked to the smoker to move or stop,if you were polite many people would help you with that.
(ID #378941) Posted on 2008/11/20 16:29
It's very clear that you have never tried to ask people to quit smoking. I have never encountered anybody who just said "ok" and thrown out the cigarette when asked. I know of people being given the cold shoulder when requesting that people didn't smoke. This actually resulted in both jobs that became so horrible to stay in that they have to quit and a case of a lost education (it would appear that requesting a no-smoking written exam room was a bad move). Moving away from smokers can be impossible (like a mandatory meeting) and it would also be the same as giving smokers the right to kick non-smokers away. It looks like you have some fine ideas on this, but I'm telling you that it's just not how it works in the real world.
(ID #379266) Posted on 2008/11/20 23:02
banning things is not the way either.
(ID #379549) Posted on 2008/11/21 02:47
So if a ban is out of the question, then how will you solve this issue? It's clear that asking people to avoid exposing 2nd hand smoking isn't working. Also it would kind of weird to have a system where you constantly have to ask people not to hurt your health. It would be like having a system where you are allowed to kick people until they politely ask you to stop. Let's take another example from real life. At the station there is a shed so passengers can take cover from the rain while waiting. You can only enter it if you can deal with the smoke. If your health can't take it then you are forced to stay in the rain. To be honest I have never tried to enter and ask everybody to stop smoking because I fear I will be assaulted. The railroad added non-smoking signs in the shed, but those signs are ignored.
(ID #379638) Posted on 2008/11/21 04:06
This is the kind of situation when not everyone will be happy with the results and thinking that the people would understand each others is utopic. But what is the problem really? that smoking is so bad or that you can't tolerate it? i know plenty of people who dont care about smoking and can even tolerate it so, your problem is that you can't be exposed to it because you get sick, so tell me who is the person with the problem?
(ID #380408) Posted on 2008/11/21 16:46
If somebody sets up a diesel powered machine and the neighbour gets sick, then the guy with the machine is responsible. If the same scenario happens if the guy with the machine uses cigarettes instead, then you claim that it's the problem of neighbour. Your logic is flawed. Besides I think it's weird that it's even a question if people should accept being exposed to 2nd hand smoking or not. It's proven that even if people don't get ill right away then they risk being killed from it anyway. You are saying that people should tell smokers something like "I don't want you to expose me to hazardous fumes (smoke) that can kill me. Please put them away". All other deadly fumes are banned or needs to be ventilated away from people if we for some reason can't avoid them (like cars. You can't use those indoor without ventilation). Claiming that I'm the one with the problem would be the same as claiming that say it's the people of China who is the problem and not the polution that causes them to become ill. A whole lot of people becomes ill of smoke, some (like me, I know that I'm not the only one) will be ill within the first 48 hours, some takes years, but they will get ill. You could be right that we can never settle for an agreement where everybody will be happy, but selecting the option where some people get ill/dies due to other people's enjoyment isn't the right solution. I consider it not only selfish, but also cruel and downright mean. It's really rare that I use so strong words regarding other people, but I think the cruelty that I'm exposed to here calls for it. I don't think I will say anymore to you regarding this. Your carelessness for other people's heath (particular mine) will most likely result in something nasty and I don't want that. DC shouldn't be a place where you go "oh no, not that guy again".
(ID #381794) Posted on 2008/11/22 21:16
School girl(MIDDLE SCHOOL)
whoa i have never smoked but u know people tell my that those lil smikkers(ciggarettes)are realy a guzler with ur money?!!!!?!?!
(ID #378444) Posted on 2008/11/20 09:04
IT Expert / System, Network, Security Administrator
Sorry to say that, but smoking are for losers.
(ID #378542) Posted on 2008/11/20 10:34
Because my father smoked for years it ended up contributing to his death (even though he quit twenty years before his death) because the smoke had deteriorated his lungs. He suffered so much the last few years of his life because he had smoked. I would not wish that suffering on anyone.
(ID #378678) Posted on 2008/11/20 12:30
High School Student
I never smoked before and I never will. Whenever I'm around someone who smokes I can't stand it nor can I even breathe. Smoke just really bothers me for some reason. > . < Besides, I can spend my money on much better things and stay healthy. <3
(ID #378886) Posted on 2008/11/20 15:10
I don't do smoking though I tried it - just to see what it was. I have a schoolfriend who coughs as an old pensioner when he inhales the smoke from the cigarettes. Today he did it again. Mhm! Smoking sucks BIG time!
(ID #381089) Posted on 2008/11/22 04:52
Never tried to smoke, cuz i´m 2 avaricious to start smoking. I only spend my money on stuff i really want and then i buy a lot of them (anime, manga).
(ID #381108) Posted on 2008/11/22 05:15
student
i could never stand the smell of nicotine, but i did smoke some apple hasihsh. have also smoked some weed, just to see what being high was like. to me was a feeling of good chillness, but would only smoke on very very rare occasions.
(ID #382234) Posted on 2008/11/23 08:34
Never smoked, never will. Smokers smell awfull, and the price.. Many of my realtives have died from a lung cancer, so, I think I'll pass that.
(ID #383215) Posted on 2008/11/24 04:32
No smoking in my house. I hate that smell. I don't understand how people can spent money on something that turns into a smelly smoke.
(ID #383238) Posted on 2008/11/24 05:03
In Finland there is a bakery called www.eromanga.info.
Apparently sells non ero bread.
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